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COMMENT:Info source: https://www.bsu.edu/calendar/events/administrative/lib
 raries/2026/10/16/ages-of-liberty-exhibit-opening?date=2026-10-16
CONTACT:nahavranek@bsu.edu
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for the official opening of the "Ages of Liberty" Ball 
 State Univeristy Libraries Archives and Special Collections exhibit. This 
 event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.\n\n&nbs
 p\;\n\nIn 1776\, a committee of five members of the Continental Congress d
 rafted the Declaration of Independence\, one of the most foundational and 
 important political documents in the history of western society. But the D
 eclaration did not spring from the minds of the writers out of nothing. Li
 ke any great work\, it was profoundly influenced by the cultural movements
  of the time. The writers were inspired by a century of Enlightenment phil
 osophy advocating reason\, liberalism\, and natural rights. They were also
  inundated with a media landscape of print information that was expanding 
 in a way never seen before. These ingredients\, along with unrest and unfa
 ir treatment\, created an atmosphere of revolution — where political cha
 nge actually felt possible.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nAges of Liberty seeks to explore
  the 18th century cultural "ages" of Revolution\, Enlightenment\, and Prin
 t which were all important ingredients in creating the atmosphere where th
 e Declaration of Independence was written and signed. The exhibit features
  six original signed documents from American Founders Thomas Jefferson\, B
 enjamin Franklin\, Robert Livingston\, George Washington\, Alexander Hamil
 ton\, and Lafayette. The Age of Revolution section also includes other rev
 olutionary rare books and documents. The Age of Enlightenment section disp
 lays works of philosophy\, medicine\, and education\, as well as Diderot's
  famous Encyclopédie. The Age of Print section showcases newspapers\, mag
 azines\, novels\, poetry\, and more\, including an original Poor Richard's
  Almanack\, a first-edition Gulliver's Travels\, and Bible leaves from the
  first ever printed Bibles in the American Colonies.
LOCATION:Bracken Library\, Ball State University\, 2nd Floor (1100 N McKinl
 ey Ave\, Muncie\, IN 47306)
SUMMARY:Ages of Liberty Exhibit Opening
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